After Pope Benedict officially beatified JPII, they unveiled this portrait. There were Polish flags EVERYWHERE.

Dancing bears, painted wings, things I almost remember…

I was convinced that this was the Pantheon, but that is completely and totally incorrect. How embarrassing, hopefully Plan II will take me back in August

One completed bundle

Me and Io: so pretentious, so Plan II

Waiting for the bus in the rain is no fun, though

See it? :)

The Blessed Mother, my LG’s Pilgrim MTA, and some Lourdes water from Daniel :)

Der Schloss Meggenhorn

I wish I had a better picture to substantiate my claim. Any Pennsylvanians want to weigh in?? The houses really do look strikingly similar!

The cathedral in Freiburg was easily the biggest church I’ve ever seen… crazy.

Got ’em!

St. Leodegar

a huge face…

The magical duffel was able to accommodate all of this plus some!

Jesuitenkirche

A night on the town in Perugia… craaayzay.

In these images, Mary is surrounded by the apostles and Christ is generally seen in the heavens, accompanied by a child representing Mary’s soul.

In this picture, I’m not actually throwing a coin… I used up the coin for the first picture, which didn’t come out very well. And no way was I throwing away another .01 Euros!

a dragon…

Poland 2011. I’d had this colorful skirt for at least a year before I left for Europe, but I’d never worn it because it seemed too daring. But suddenly it matched all of my shirts and it was super easy to fit in a suitcase. Instant hit!

A reminder of His love for us on a hike in the Black Forest, Spring 2011

And this girl! We met at a Covenant Mass, a few days later bought John Mayer tickets together out of convenience more than anything else, six months later went to work at the Pines together, and in 5 months we’ll be roommates!

Some of my lovely send-off crew

The majestic Rhine!

Mission accomplished!

My bus ticket and map of the bus and tram lines

Come to think of it, this is kind of a winner of everyone. Kyle, if you happen to read this, please accept my heartfelt apologies.